Alfred the Great (play)

{{Short description|1831 play}}

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{{Infobox play

| name = Alfred the Great

| image =File:Alfred the Great (play).png

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| writer = James Sheridan Knowles

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| date of premiere = 28 April 1831

| original language = English

| place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

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| genre = Tragedy

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Alfred the Great is an 1831 historical play by the Irish writer James Sheridan Knowles. It portrays the life of the Anglo-Saxon King Alfred the Great.Sobecki pp. 198–99

It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The title role was played by William Macready, a frequent collaborator of Knowles. Other members of the cast included Charles Mayne Young as Edric, John Cooper as Guthrum, James Vining as Oddune, Henry John Wallack as Oswith, Mary Warner as Elswith and Thomas Cooke as Kenric. The published version was dedicated to the reigning monarch William IV.